Prestatyn burns victim balances studies with singing career

A BURNS victim who had her dancing dreams snatched away in a horror crash is now balancing college studies with a career as a singer.

A BURNS victim who had her dancing dreams snatched away in a horror crash is now balancing college studies with a career as a singer.

Ceri Pritchard is working alongside producers in London and has just released her debut single.

The 26-year-old Coleg Llandrillo Rhyl beauty and nails student suffered severe leg injuries when a car ploughed into the motorbike on which she was a pillion passenger.

The vehicle’s red hot exhaust landed on top of her leg and burnt down into her calf, putting an end to her job as a performer in Cyprus.

Three years on – after thinking that she may never walk again – Ceri has released a single and video called Wild Child, which is now available on iTunes and Amazon.

The song has received airplay on Radio 1 and Ceri is due to perform it and other songs in her portfolio at the legendary G-A-Y club in London with X-Factor semi-finalist Sami Brookes in March.

And as if that wasn’t enough for the mum-of-one to be getting on with, Ceri is also committed to raising money and awareness for The Katie Piper Foundation, which supports people suffering with burns.

Having raised almost £3,000 so far, Ceri, from Prestatyn, said: “I don’t have the confidence to show my bare legs, and at the moment I am making regular trips back and forward to hospital. Through the foundation I have met new friends and I am finally getting a piece of the old me back again. The charity has really helped me.”

She added: “After the accident and several meetings with fellow burns victims, I decided to enrol at college so that I could gain experience and qualifications in all aspects of beauty therapy, in the hope that I can specialise in camouflage techniques to help people with disfigurements.”

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